Mauritania is the 125th largest export economy in the world. In 2016, Mauritania exported $2.76B and imported $3.51B, resulting in a negative trade balance of $753M. In 2016 the GDP of Mauritania was $4.74B and its GDP per capita was $3.85k.

Exports

In 2016 Mauritania exported $2.76B, making it the 125th largest exporter in the world. During the last five years the exports of Mauritania have decreased at an annualized rate of -4%, from $3.07B in 2011 to $2.76B in 2016. The most recent exports are led by Iron Ore which represent 35.6% of the total exports of Mauritania, followed by Gold, which account for 17.1%.

Imports

In 2016 Mauritania imported $3.51B, making it the 140th largest importer in the world. During the last five years the imports of Mauritania have decreased at an annualized rate of -2.4%, from $3.93B in 2011 to $3.51B in 2016. The most recent imports are led by Refined Petroleum which represent 7.02% of the total imports of Mauritania, followed by Tug Boats, which account for 6.27%.

Origins

Economic Complexity of Mauritania

Product Space

The product space is a network connecting products that are likely to be co-exported and can be used to predict the evolution of a country’s export structure.

Mauritania exports 26 products with revealed comparative advantage (meaning that its share of global exports is larger than what would be expected from the size of its export economy and from the size of a product’s global market).